Automatic mechanism for barb-wire reels.



PATENTED DEC. 20, 1904.

I H. M. OOSEY. AUTOMATIC MECHANISM FOR BARB WIEE EEELs.

APPLICATION FILED SSE-P18. 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 20, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

AUTOMATIC MECHANISM FOR BARB-WIRE HEELS.

SPECIFICATION o m g p t of Letters Patent No- 777,843, dated. December 20, 1904.

Application filed September 8, 1904. Serial No. 223,730-

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY M. CosEY,a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling,

ures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention. has reference to automatic mechanism for barb-wire reels, and is specially designed to aid in winding up barb wire in the field. It frequently becomes necessary to remove the wire from the posts and roll it up in some manner for preservation for future use. This is ordinarily done in a crude fashion, such as rolling upon an empty barrel, which in time falls to pieces and the wire is lost or again handled with great difficulty.

My device furnishes a simple means for replacing the wire upon the original spools and is adapted to be attached to and operated by the usual farm-wagon.

In the drawings, F igure' 1 is a rear end elevation of a wagon with my device attached Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rear portion of a wagon with my invention in place thereon. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing one end of the reel and parts of my device in engagement therewith.

Similar ordinals refer to similar throughout the several figures.

1 represents the wagon-box, and 2 and 3 the rear carrying-wheels thereof. At the rear end of the box, on each side thereof, are secured supports 1 and 5, secured to such box by means of bolts 6 6. The support 5 is hinged, as at a, so as to swing outwardly upon the removal of the lower bolt 6. Journaled in the lower ends of the supports 4 and 5 is a rotary shaft 7, held from lateral movement by means of collars 8 8, fixed thereto on the inner sides of the supports.

On one end of the shaft7 is a sprocket-wheel parts 9, actuated from a sprocket-rim 10, secured on the inner face of the wheel 2 by means of a sprocket-chain 11, connecting such wheels.

12 represents the usual reel, the ends of which are formed of pairs of cross-pieces 13. On the shaft 7, adjacent to each end of the reel 12, is a double clamp 14:, adapted to be fixed on such shaft by means of set-screws 15. At each end the clamps 14 are provided with set-screws 16, the inner ends of which impinge a pair of metal rings 17 on each side of the reel 12. Each of the rings 17' has a bearing upon the outer face of one of the cross-pieces 13, and by proper manipulation of the set-screws 16 the reel is tightly held between such rings, so as to cause it to rotate with the shaft 7 upon the forward movement of the wagon.

In operation after the wire has been removed from the fence the wagon is driven so as to pass immediately above the wire longitudinally thereof. The end of the wire having been secured to the reel, it is wound tightly upon the reel during the progress of the wagon. In case at any time the movement of the wagon is too rapid for the operation of the reel, so as to cause a strain of the wire thereon, such reel is permitted to slip between the rings 17 sufficiently to compensate therefor. The tension can at all times be regulated by varying the pressure of the set-screws 16.

To remove the reel, the lower bolt 6 in the support 5 is removed and the lower part of the support swung outwardly, freeing the end of the shaft 7. The collar 8, clamp 14:, and ring 17 are then removed and the reel slipped from off the shaft. By the same means the reel can be replaced with another, the several parts being returned to their normal positions.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

1. In combination with the wagon-box and the carrying-wheels, a pair of depending supports secured to said box, a shaft rotatably mounted in the lower ends of said supports and having one of its ends projecting beyond the adjacent support, collars secured to said shaft by set-screws and being adapted to abut said supports, a sprocket-wheel fixed to one of said carrying-Wheels, a sprocket-Wheel mounted on the projecting end of said shaft, a chain passing over said sprocket-Wheel, a reel loosely mounted on said shaft, rings engaging the opposite ends of said reel, and means for increasing or decreasing the friction of said rings upon said reel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a machine of the type set forth, in combination With a support, a shaft rotatably mounted therein and means for driving the same, a reel loosely mounted on said shaft,

HENRY M. cosEY.

Witnesses:

WVILL F. MILLER, J. L. WVEAVER. 

